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Turkey-Syria relations: Will Erdogan and Assad reconcile?

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By Bassam Barabandi
| Middle East Eye Verified
When Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently extended an invitation to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a meeting, the Turkish president was signalling his openness to dialogue. Erdogan’s agenda appears to be driven primarily by domestic considerations, aiming to challenge his opposition - which has also called for its own meeting in Damascus - by taking bold steps towards the Syrian regime, including working towards the safe and voluntary return of Syrian refugees.
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Arabs normalize with Syria out of fear of Iran and uncertainty about US policy

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By Bassam Barabandi, Adrienne Cuffley
| Stimson
Arab mistrust of U.S. policies has a long history, rising in the last decade in the wake of President Barack Obama’s perceived “leadership from behind” and negotiation of a nuclear agreement with Iran that neglected that country’s deep interference in its Arab neighbors. The Donald Trump administration did not substantially change the state of distrust or perception of U.S. disregard of Persian Gulf countries.
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West should back Arab effort to resolve Syrian crisis, provide more leverage on Assad

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By Bassam Barabandi
| Al Arabiya English Verified
Over the past decade, several US policy decisions made by Republican and Democrat administrations have caused a decline in America’s reputation in the Gulf. The common theme among these decisions was abandonment. As the political climate in the Middle East continues to shift, China and Russia are taking advantage of the increasing mistrust between the Gulf countries and the United States to create a new world order in which the US is no longer the sole hegemonic power.
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